# Development

Development or developing may refer to:

## Arts

* Development (music), the process by which thematic material is reshaped
* Photographic development
* Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting
* Development hell, when a project is stuck in development
* Development (band), English progressive pop rock band
* Development (album), a 2002 album by Nonpoint

## Business

* Business development, a process of growing a business
* Career development
* Corporate development, a position in a business
* Energy development, activities concentrated on obtaining energy from natural resources
* Green development, a real estate concept that considers social and environmental impact of development
* Land development, altering the landscape in any number of ways
* Land development bank, a kind of bank in India
* Leadership development
* New product development
* Organization development
* Professional development
* Real estate development
* Research and development
* Training and development
* Fundraising, also called "development"

## Biology and medicine

* Adult development, between adolescence and the end of life
* Child development, between birth and the end of adolescence
* Development (journal), an academic journal in developmental biology
* Developmental biology, the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop
* Developmental psychology, the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life
* Drug development, the entire process of bringing a new drug or device to the market
* Embryogenesis, or development, the process by which the embryo is formed
* Human development (biology), the process of growing to maturity
* Neural development, the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system
* Personal development, or self-help
* Prenatal development, the process in which a human embryo or fetus gestates during pregnancy
* Human tooth development or odontogenesis
* Youth development

## Computing

* Artificial development, an area of computer science and engineering
* Software development, the development of a software product
* Web development, work involved in developing a web site
* Mobile app development, act or process by which a mobile app is developed
* Video game development

## Social science

* Community development, practices to improve various aspects of communities
* Development communication
* Developing country, a nation with a lesser developed industrial base
* Development aid, financial aid given by governments and other agencies
* Development geography, a branch of geography which refers to the standard of living and quality of life of inhabitants
* Development plan, a local authority's policies and proposals for land use
* Development studies, examines socioeconomic growth and development, especially in developing countries, and may overlap with postcolonial studies
* Development theory
* Economic development, the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people
* European Development Fund, the main instrument for European Union (EU) aid for development
* Human Development Index, used to rank countries by level of human development
* Human development (behavioral), the science that seeks to understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time, see Developmental psychology
* International development, usually level of economic development
* Regional development, aid and assistance to regions which are less economically developed
* Rural development, the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas
* Sociocultural evolution, how cultures and societies have changed over time
* Sustainable development

## Other uses

* Development (differential geometry), rolling one smooth surface over another
* Development (drafting), a type of technical drawing
* Development (topology), a countable collection of open coverings
* Development, a term used in chess
* Development of doctrine, a term used by John Henry Newman to describe Catholic teachings
* Driver development program, a program used by racing teams to develop younger drivers
* MFA Development, a Macanese football club